| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Articles of Confederation | Gave more power to state governments than it did to the national government |
| protection | A major problem that led to the Constitutional Convention was that the national government could not raise an army for _______________. |
| taxes | A major problem that led to the Constitutional Convention was that the national government could not raise _______________ to pay for war debt. |
| money | A major problem that led to the Constitutional Convention was the confusion over each state having its own ______________. |
| Senate | The name of the house created by the Great Compromise that has an equal number of representatives from the states |
| House of Representatives | The name of the house created by the Great Compromise whose representatives are chosen based on each state's population. |
| Three-fifths Compromise | A compromise made by the Constitutional Convention that allowed states to count three-fifths of the people who were slaves for the purpose of representation in Congress. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Helped President George Washiington with foreign affairs. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Ran the treasury and developed the economy for the nation under President George Washington. |
| Federalist Party | The political party that George Washington and John Adams belonged to. |
| Lousiana Purchase | The Lewis and Clark expedition explored the territory acquired from this purchase. |
| Pacific Ocean water route | The Lewis and Clark expedition set out to find one of these but found that there was none. |
| Brigham Young | The man that read about Utah and thought that it was isolated enough for Mormons to live their without persecution for their beliefs. |
| 19 million people | The amount the population of the U.S. increased between 1790 and 1850. |
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